Amy Souers Kober

Senior Director of Communications

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Amy joined American Rivers in 1998 in our Washington, DC office. She moved to our Northwest Regional Office in Seattle in 2000.

Education

B.A. in Creative Writing and Literature from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Amy studied coastal ecology with the School for Field Studies on Vancouver Island, British Columbia and spent a semester in Florence, Italy studying literature and art history. She completed field ecology programs in Panama through the University of Florida and in Big Sur, California through San Francisco State University.

Favorite River:
Any river with my husband, our kids and dogs, and our driftboat!

Blog Posts By This Author

I wanted to share a little about what it was like to be on the White Salmon yesterday for the blast at Condit Dam. It was an amazing celebration and so special to share in person with so many colleagues and friends. It was a beautiful fall day. I think… Read more »

Daniel Dancer, White Salmon River Activist The removal of Condit Dam on Washington’s White Salmon River begins on October 26. The effort to restore the river and its salmon has taken decades. In this guest post, local advocate Daniel Dancer remembers t… Read more »

One month ago, we kicked off the nation’s biggest dam removal project on Washington’s Elwha River. We’ve been wowed by the progress – watching with the help of Olympic National Park’s web cams — as crews take down these dams bit by bit. Here’s a… Read more »

I love this video. I love these two amazing women – Heather Herbeck, a whitewater guide and kayak instructor at Wet Planet, and Phyllis Clausen, who lived on the river for 30 years, volunteered with Friends of the White Salmon, and spearheaded ri… Read more »

One of our partners on Washington’s White Salmon River, Daniel Dancer, shared this video from 1993, with news and public hearing footage about the Condit Dam removal effort. I couldn’t help but get a little choked up watching the kids (who are n… Read more »

This is a guest post from Richard Leo from the Coalition for Susitna Dam Alternatives The Denali Highway crosses the upper Susitna river | Credit: Wikimedia Commons The biggest dam in America since Glen Canyon. The eighth tallest in the world when full… Read more »

A guest post from Linda Cox, Executive Director for The Bronx River Alliance. Bronx River Flotilla | Credit: Bronx River Alliance Today on a 23-mile river in New York, a group of old friends, including American River’s own Jenny Hoffner—alo… Read more »

Demolition underway at 210 foot tall Glines Canyon Dam | Credit: Amy Kober It was really special to be a part of the Elwha dam removal celebration last weekend. These people and quotes have stuck with me, and I wanted to share them with you: Frances Ch… Read more »

One of the greatest restoration projects is starting September 17 with the removal of two dams on the Elwha River. Be sure to check out our Year of the River page where we’ll be posting photos and a live video stream of the ceremony in the coming week…. Read more »

Elwha River in the gorge just downstream of Elwha Dam. Photo by Thomas O’Keefe. We’re making history this Saturday. That’s when the biggest dam removal ever begins on Washington’s Elwha River. It’s a major river restoration effo… Read more »